Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Jan. 8, 2018
Scary New Year
The presents I receive these days scare the hell out of me: "Alexa: How is the court to rule?"
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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At Christmas I do not get presents. Not because I am areligious. Not because I never believed in Santa Claus. At 4 years old I figured it out. If Santa was at one department store, how could he be at another store a block or so away 10 minutes later? We did not have malls in those days. I would sit on the geezer's lap in department store No. 1, and then quickly drag my mother up the block or two to department store No. 2. And ...
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